MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoGen Z Won’t Save Usslate.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down114
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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·7 hours agoTurns out that growing up with a phone in their hand made a lot of them particularly susceptible to right-wing propaganda.
minus-squareBMTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoTen Z didn’t vote Trump in. They simply voted for Kamala less.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoWhich helped Trump win.
minus-squareBMTea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 minutes agoMaybe they bought into Kamala’s messaging that Trump had no chance and that even Republicans hated him. No point turning up if its as good as won.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoI agree that this is the lesson, but it’s bolstered by decades of bad behavior by the previous generations who chose not to leave a livable world for their children.
Turns out that growing up with a phone in their hand made a lot of them particularly susceptible to right-wing propaganda.
Ten Z didn’t vote Trump in. They simply voted for Kamala less.
Which helped Trump win.
Maybe they bought into Kamala’s messaging that Trump had no chance and that even Republicans hated him. No point turning up if its as good as won.
I agree that this is the lesson, but it’s bolstered by decades of bad behavior by the previous generations who chose not to leave a livable world for their children.